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Fintech Startup Gets German Banking License; Insurance Offerings Planned
N26, a Berlin startup that offers financial services directly to consumers, said Thursday it's received a German banking license that will let it offer a fuller range of products across Europe. The ...
Disclosure Risk for Climate Change: Insurers Making Progress
Just a few years back, the corporate governance and sustainability group known as Ceres crunched some very interesting numbers. In its "Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey Report & Scorecard: ...
Counts Reduced Against Group Charged in BP Oil Spill Fraud Case
A Texas lawyer and six co-defendants are now facing a reduced indictment of 73 charges, instead of 95, at federal trial on accusations that they faked more than 40,000 damage claims after the BP oil ...
The U.S. Accounted for Nearly Half of H1’s Global Insured Losses
Preliminary global economic losses reached US$98 billion during the first half of 2016, while global insured losses hit US$30 billion – their highest levels since 2011, according to Impact ...
The Latest Launches From BHSI, CNA, Everest, and Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance debuted cyber liability coverage in Australia. Philadelphia Insurance Companies and UCPM will start offering storage tank pollution liability coverage. Both CNA ...
The Hartford is Rare Insurer to Protect Investments From Climate Change Risks: Analysis
Insurers manage a large chunk of the world's investment capital, but they're not acting fast enough to protect their investments from the adverse effects of climate change, the Asset Owners ...
Travelers Hurt by Fire Catastrophe Fallout, Investment Income Plunge
Travelers Cos., the lone property-casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said quarterly profit slipped 18 percent to its lowest since 2012 as costs tied to natural disasters rose while ...
Tesla May Deflect Autopilot Liability Due to Huge Data Collection Effort
The large volume of data Tesla Motors Inc collects from its cars on the road has armed it with information to publicly counter, and possibly legally defend, claims about the safety of its Autopilot ...